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Suriname

Suriname , officially the Republic of Suriname , is a country in northern South America. It borders French Guiana to the east, Guyana to the west, Brazil to the south, and on the north by the Atlantic Ocean. Suriname was a former colony of the British and of the Dutch, and was previously known as Dutch Guiana...

Timeline of Events

1863

7.1.1863

Keti Koti (Emancipation Day) in Suriname, marking the abolition of slavery by the Netherlands.

1975

11.25.1975

Suriname gains independence from the Netherlands.

12.4.1975

Suriname joins the United Nations.

1980

2.25.1980

The Suriname government is overthrown by a military coup which is initiated with the bombing of the police station from an army ship off the coast of the nation's capital, Paramaribo

1982

12.8.1982

In Suriname, several opponents of the military government are killed.